Re: Odd behavior

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > However, when I use ifconfig to give the interface an IPv4 address, it 
> > creates the subnet route in the routing table, but does NOT create the 
> > local route!  I am therefore unable to communicate with other devices on 
> > the network, since no incoming packets get received.
> >
> > If I then ping my own address on this device, the local address suddenly 
> > appears in the routing table, and then everything else just works as 
> > expected!
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by local route, but is it possible that you don't 
> have lo0 configured (with 127.0.0.1 & up) when you try this?
> IIRC there are some funny effects to be expected then...

Yep, the lo0 entry is up and running.

I just ran through things again, and I think I must have done something 
wrong before, because everything is now working correctly.  I guess I 
didn't get enough sleep last night!


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